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Danvers, after passing the junction of Birch lane, the 

 road leading from Mr. Whittier's place, and elsewhere 

 in the county. This tree may be distinguished from 

 the other native ashes by the leaflets which are toothed 

 on the edges and which are close to the main leaf stem, 

 while each leaflet of the white and red ashes stands on 

 a little stem of its own where it joins the main leaf 

 stem. The red ash (Fraxinus pubescens), with some- 

 what pendulous branches and slightly downy leaves and 

 young stems, grows along the shores of the Ipswich 

 river in Topsfield and other towns, and may be seen 

 where the bridges cross that stream in several places. 

 The only ones I have observed in cultivation are on the 

 estate of the late Edmund Kimball in Wenham, at the 

 side of the driveway to the house near the street. 

 Nearly all of the ash trees in the streets of Salem are 

 the white ash. There is one at No. 4 Chestnut street, 

 several at the north-east corner of the Common near 

 Pleasant street, and they are, in fact, met with in every 

 part of the city. There is a remarkably symmetrical 

 tree on Warren street near the old Treadwell estate. 

 No. 41. The largest white ash which I remember as a 

 street tree was one cut down at the time the lin- 

 dens were removed on Cabot street, Beverly. It stood 

 just beyond the lindens and was nine feet in circum- 

 ference at six feet from the ground. 



The European ash is often seen in cultivation. 

 There are several on Felt street, the first tree on the 

 eastern side of the street near Dearborn being one ; 

 and there is a good specimen in the Broad street cem- 

 etery, near the corner of Winthrop street, and just south 

 of the Dodge and Fogg tomb. The weeping ash is a 

 grafted variety of this species. 



